Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

MINNS, BENJAMIN EDWIN, 1864-1937 Australian School. Bo r n i n New South Wales. Studied unde r A. J . Daplyn, J u l i an Ashton, a n d Lucien Henry. Became well known f o r his black-and-white drawings, especially o f aboriginals. Began his c a r e e r o n t h e s t a f f o f t h e Illus- t r a t e d Sydney News. F i r s t d r ew f o r t h e Bulletin, 1890. We n t t o London, 1895, remaining abroad f o r some years. Dr ew f o r "Punch , " t h e "Strand," "By s t ande r " a nd o t he r journals. 125. DOUBLE BAY (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. E . S. Cornwall. 126. T H E GRAVEYARDS, SYDNEY (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. E . S. Cornwall. 127. LANDSCAPE (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mrs. J . H. Walsh. 128. SYDNEY WATER (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mr. and Mrs. Leon Trout. MISSINGHAM, HAROLD, 1906 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n Claremont, Western Australia. Trained i n Pa r i s at Julians a n d Colarossi's,. 1926; a n d i n London a t t h e Cen t r a l School o f A r t s and Cr a f t s where h e won a n L.C.C. Senior A r t Scholarship f o r t h r e e y e a r s (1930- 1933) a n d became a n i n s t r uc t o r t h e r e f r om 1934-1940. Served apprenticeship t o a process engraver a n d became a member o f t h e National Register o f Indus- t r i a l A r t Designers, London. Wo r k s i n a va r i e t y o f mediums, principally wa t e r colour a n d pen a n d ink. Appointed Director o f t h e National Gallery of New Sou t h Wales, 1944. Represented in t h e National Galleries o f Victoria, New Sou t h Wales, Queensland, a n d i n t h e British Museum. 129. ST. FRANCIS AND T H E BIRDS (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. E . L. Pedersen. MURCH, ARTHUR, 1902 Australian School. Bo r n Sydney. Studied a t t h e Royal A r t Society School, Sydney, a n d unde r Ra y n e r Hoff, a t E a s t Sydney Technical College. Awarded t h e Society o f Artists' Travelling Scholarship, 1925. Re t u r ned t o Australia, 1927, where he worked f o r a time a s a sculptural a s s i s t an t t o George Lambert. Awarded t h e Archibald Prize, 1949. Served a s official w a r a r t i s t i n World Wa r II. F i gu r e a n d landscape painter, with some experience of decorating and t h e plastic a r t s . Represented in principal Australian galleries. 130. T H E WILLOWS (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. C. B. N. Nixon. 131. STORMY MORNING (Oil) Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Mu r r a y Brown. 132. J AMI E (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Ha r o l d Love. 133. BEACH GROUP (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Hu g h McLelland. NOLAN, SIDNEY ROBERT, 1917 Bo r n Melbourne. Trained a t t h e P r a h r a n Technical A r t School a n d l a t e r in the National Gallery School, wi t h t h e intervening period in some industrial con- NOLAN, SIDNEY ROBERT (Continued). cerns dealing wi t h lacquer, silk-screen, glass, a n d reproduction techniques. Pro- duced a series o f paintings depicting t h e s t o r y of Ne d Kelly; t h e Australian interior a n d d r ough t i n Central Australia. H a s s hown in Pa r i s a n d London. Represented in principal Australian Galleries a n d t h e T a t e Gallery. 134. ITALIAN ALPS, 1951 (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. B. W. W. Johnstone. 135. DESERTED CAMP (Oil). Len t b y Mrs. A. H. Biscoe. NEWBURY, ALBERT ERNEST, 1891-1941 Australian School. Bo r n Melbourne. Landscape a n d po r t r a i t painter. Studied a t t h e National Gallery Schools, in which h e became Drawing Master. Winner o f t h e Crouch Prize, 1930, 1936. Represented in ma n y Australian galleries. 136. FLOWERS (Oil). L e n t b y Colonel a n d Mrs. W. Buttner. O'BRIEN, JUSTIN, 1917 Australian School. Bo r n Hurstville, N.S.W. Studied und e r E . M. Smith, painter in wa t e r colours. Influenced b y Byzantine wo r k wi t h which h e became acquainted during his ye a r s o f service in World W a r H. A decorative painter wi t h a s t r ong sense o f colour. 137. FLOWERP I ECE (i) (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Russell Cuppaidge. 138. FLOWERP I ECE (ii) (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. Russell Cuppaidge. OLLEY, MARGARET Bo r n Lismore, N.S.W. Studied a t t h e E a s t Sydney Technical College. Member o f t h e Contemporary A r t Society, Sydney. H a s studied f o r t h e p a s t f o u r years in France. Re t u r ned t o Australia, 1953. Represented i n t h e principal Aus- t r a l i an galleries. 139. CHAPELLE ST. ANN E (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Senator Annabelle Rankin. 140. CASSIS, FRANCE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. G. W. Watson. ORBAN, DESIDERIUS, 1884 Bo r n Gyor, Hunga r y . Mainly a painter o f landscape a n d still life. Took a mathematical degree a t Budape s t University a n d a f t e rwa r d s s pen t several years o f s t u d y in France, Italy, Spain, a n d o t h e r Eu r op e a n countries. I n 1908 he founded t h e mo s t advanced g r oup o f a r t i s t s i n Hunga r y , known a s t h e eight. Took u p residence i n Sydney, 1939. Represented principal Australian galleries. 141. AFTERNOON ON T H E HARBOUR (Pastel). Hu g h McLelland. 142. T H E BRIDGE (Oil). Kindly lent. 20 21 L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs.